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Very nice shot, well placed or found drops.   i enjoy it.  all the best. Bernardo

Beautiful spring picture, Marius!

Springtime in water drops,perfect.

Super triple droplets! It is wonderful that their pattern is an alternating one. Very well done indeed!

I am impressed by how Marius captured flower reflections in these drops of water, whether in-camera or by post work. But I find that the background overpowers the image.

I like the photo, but Michael might be right about the background. Perhaps just a bit of desaturation on it alone would allow the main subject to stand out more. And while this has been done before, there isn't a whole lot that hasn't, and I find this to be well-executed and framed, and is sharp where it needs to be. Would be happy to have it in my portfolio.

Bill, I think the background actually has two problems. First, the color is close to being oversaturated. Secondly, the weirdly shaped dark area prevents simply a low dose of desaturating from curing the overall issue.

I don't mind the dark area so much Michael. The background looks to be the same kind of flower that is being reflected in the drops, so I actually like that it has a similar color pattern. I'm not totally convinced it needs to be changed at all, but I'd have at least tried a less saturated background look in post-processing for comparison.

I guess I wasn't clear enough, Bill. For me, that's easy these days.

In the final analysis, I'm not really sure I mind the dark area per se. Rather, I'm not convince ed that desaturating the bright area surrounding it will prevent the background from being very distracting. Perhaps I might change my mind if you wouldn't mind working up a demo.

Well, I hate messing with someone's shot without permission, but since we are the only ones discussing this, here is a version with the background slightly de-saturated. I also tried one with the dark area removed (sloppily), and didn't like that one at all. I like the original better than this one, I think.

I think you've made a noticeable improvement, Bill. You've convinced me. Perhaps the image would be even better if the background were comprised entirely of grayscale tones?

I actually did try that Michael, but didn't like it. Keeping some color in the background looked better to me. Of course, beauty is in the eye...

The original, though it's lacking energy, IMO, is better than the redo. Desaturating the background and leaving the foreground so saturated has less visual coherence and depletes the photo of some of what little energy it begins with. The saturation levels here were not a problem for me as much as the photo felt stiff to me and the reflections in the droplets too contrived in what appears to be a nature shot.

Fred, my main point - as stated in my original comment - is that background is overpowering. If you don't agree with this, I'd appreciate your further thoughts.

Michael, I found the saturation discussion and reposting interesting, so that's what I commented on. As far as the background, it's not a problem for me. The subject is.

Gotcha, Fred. Thanks.

I am not usually excited by the visual message of technically impressive macro images of this type, although I readily acknowledge the competence of the photographer, whether exhibited at exposure or in image editing. Looking at some of the other technically proficient macros in his portfolio I am fairly convinced that the result is one without image editing, as the curvature of the drops (wide angle lens effect) can be consistent with the imaging of the flower that we see otherwise as its small central part in the out of focus background to this photo.